'독극물 중독 의혹' 러 야권운동가 나발니, 의식 찾아

It's time now for our Tuesday edition of Arirang's 'The World Now'. I'm Kim Jae-hee.
We begin with updates on Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny.
The hospital treating him in Germany said on Monday... the anti-corruption campaigner's condition has improved, and he is out of a coma.
They also noted he is responsive to speech and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation, but says long term damage cannot be ruled out.
The 44-year-old prominent Putin critic was taken ill on a return flight to Moscow last month.
His flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Omsk, Siberia, where he was sent to an intensive care unit, before being transferred to Berlin two days later.
German chancellor Angela Merkel said last week that there was "unequivocal evidence" Navalny had been poisoned by a Novichok nerve agent.
The Kremlin responded by saying Russian doctors had not found any traces of poison before Navalny was transferred to Berlin, and accused Germany of not sharing information.
Frustrated with Russia, Germany has warned it could rethink the fate of a German-Russian gas pipeline project.